Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 726
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/14/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (584330) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 41 - 72
    5  and insert:
    6         (3)(a) There is created the Employer-Sponsored Benefits
    7  Study Task Force. The task force shall organize by September 1,
    8  2013. The task force is composed of nine members. The Director
    9  of Workforce Florida, Inc., shall serve as a member and chair of
   10  the task force. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of
   11  the House of Representatives shall each appoint four members to
   12  the task force. The four appointments from the President of the
   13  Senate and the four appointments from the Speaker of the House
   14  of Representatives must include:
   15         1. A member of the Legislature.
   16         2. An owner of a business in this state which employs fewer
   17  than 50 people.
   18         3. An owner or representative of a business in this state
   19  which employs more than 50 people.
   20         4. A representative of an organization who represents the
   21  nonmanagement employees of a business.
   22         (b) The purpose of the task force is to analyze employer
   23  sponsored family or medical leave benefits and the impact of
   24  state preemption of the regulation of such benefits. The task
   25  force shall develop a report that includes its findings and
   26  recommendations for legislative action regarding the regulation
   27  of family or medical leave benefits. The task force shall submit
   28  the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
   29  Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 15, 2014.
   30         (c) This subsection is repealed June 30, 2014.
   31         (4) This section does not limit the authority of a
   32  political subdivision to establish family or medical leave
   33  benefits for the employees of the political subdivision.
   34         (5) This section does not prohibit a federally authorized
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   37         And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete lines 7 - 9
   39  and insert:
   40         medical leave benefits to the state; creating the
   41         Employer-Sponsored Benefits Study Task Force;
   42         establishing the purpose and composition of the task
   43         force; requiring the task force to submit a report to
   44         the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
   45         providing report requirements; providing for future
   46         repeal of the task force; providing that the act does
   47         not prohibit a